Hilliard Darby High School and Washington Elementary have been recognized as a Purple Star School by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. This award celebrates the school’s dedication to supporting military-connected students and their families. Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement! These two join Davidson and Bradley High Schools which have already been designated as Purple Star Schools. To learn more about the Purple Star Award, click here!
How can you learn more about our Wellness Challenge? Download the free App “AHA Schools” to Register. Or Register on your computer : CLICK HERE Complete Finn’s Mission on the site and earn Slow Rise Ball, Backpack Clip and a chance to win two 2025 Superbowl tickets! Raise donations and earn thank-you gifts! Click on the Daily Links to see recipes, do healthy activities and become a HEART HERO. Dress up for our Tharp Themed Wellness Week to show your School Spirit! Sign up to donate blood right here at Tharp on Thursday from 1-6pm!
We are loking for parents interested in getting more involved with Tharp PTO for 2024-2025. Please consider signing up, and coming to check out a meeting to see what Tharp is all about and all of the great activities we have planned for the end of this year. Our March meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 18, at 6:30pm in the Tharp ILZ. We hope to have officer candidates ready for nominations and voting for the April 22, or May 20th meetings. 24-25 Tharp PTO Officers (signup genius link)
Change in Academic Calendar – No School on April 8, 2024, for the Eclipse Hilliard City Schools will make a shift in its academic calendar on Monday, April 8, 2024, due to our proximity to the total solar eclipse pathway. Students will not have school, but staff will report for a work day. The April event will mark the first total solar eclipse visible in Ohio since 1806. To ensure the safety and enjoyment of our students and staff, the district has purchased eclipse glasses for every student and staff member. These glasses will be distributed to students before they leave for Spring Break. Superintendent David Stewart stated, “Our area is expected to see a large increase in visitors who want to view the total solar eclipse. This, in combination with concerns about safety as well as many families’ desire to view the eclipse, led us to this decision.” Additionally, please note that there will be no high school sports practices or other extra-curricular activities scheduled that day until after 6 pm and only indoors. All elementary and middle school after school activities will be canceled. We are excited about this rare event and the learning opportunities it presents for… read more →
At the beginning of the nine weeks, the students at the Arrow Program embarked on creating their own passports. Over the course of the quarter, the students will be traveling to different countries in the French-speaking world and completing various activities, tasks, and projects along the way. They will earn a “passport stamp” for each country visited. Today, the students applied their newly acquired knowledge of the French numbers from 0 to 20 by participating in a “trip to Cameroon.” As they completed their task sheets, students roamed around the classroom to learn more about Cameroon. By completing the activity, they earned a stamp on their passport.
The Hilliard City School District is in the process of revising its K-12 Mathematics Course of Study. The District’s Math Curriculum Revision Committee has just completed the development of the K-12 Mathematics Course of Study. This Course of Study was presented to the Board of Education on Monday, January 8. The Board will be reviewing the Course of Study over the next several weeks before voting on its adoption. We invite all families and the community to preview the K-12 Mathematics Draft Course of Study and if so desire, use the Feedback Form as an opportunity to provide feedback. To view the K-12 Math Course of Study, click HERE. Please note that the Course of Study development is a part of Phase 1 which does not include Resource Adoption. Resource Alignment and Adoption will take place during the next phase of the revision cycle. If the community seeks to understand the curriculum revision process, please refer to the following board policies as a resource. IFD-R – Curriculum Adoption Process Guidelines IFE – Curriculum Guides and Course Outlines
As you have heard, the Ohio Department of Education recently released the Ohio School Report Cards for the 2022-23 school year. We’re thrilled to share some exciting news about one of the components of the report card: Progress. The Progress Component is based 100% on the district’s value-added score. The value-added score is made up of two components: overall growth index and effect size. I am pleased to report that, according to the Ohio Department of Education, Hilliard City Schools was ranked #1 out of 607 public school districts on the overall growth index and #15 out of 607 districts on effect size. Value-added looks closely at the growth all students are making based on their past state test performances. In short, value-added measures how much our district’s teachers grow student performance, regardless of where students start, over the course of a year’s time. It is a true representation of our commitment to every student, without exception. The Progress Component (based 100% on value-added) measures the academic performance of students compared to expected growth on Ohio’s State Tests. This calculation uses a “value-added” model of measuring academic growth that compares the change in the achievement of a group of students… read more →